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Delivering Healthcare To The Underserved, Edward Booty

Asian Management Insights

Non-profits, governments, and businesses need to come together and use a data-driven approach to improve local basic healthcare access.

Creating The Capacity For Digital Government, Cheow Hoe Chan, Steven M. Miller

Asian Management Insights

This article explains how a well-thought-out data policy, supported by a tech stack and cloud infrastructure, an agile way of working, and coordinated whole-of-government leadership, are fundamental to successful government digital transformation efforts, as exemplified by the Singapore government’s digital journey. As part of explaining how to create the capacity for digital government, the main sections of this article cover:

• The origins of GovTech
• How thinking big, starting small and acting fast is a practical strategy for organisational learning
• The importance of horizontal platforms and other enablers of a horizontal approach
• Data architecture and policy
• “Shifting left” with internal technology …